# 20 May in the Christchurch archive 119 Christchurch records dated 20 May across the years, the feed’s ledger also filed 1,091 reports on this date. 119 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 May 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540520.2.15.3), 1854-05-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 May 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540520.2.3.3), 1854-05-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 20 May 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540520.2.4.1), 1854-05-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 20 May 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18680520.2.8.1), 1868-05-20, Timaru Herald - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 May 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700520.2.14.1), 1870-05-20, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 May 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710520.2.15.1), 1871-05-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 20 May 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18720520.2.5), 1872-05-20, Timaru Herald - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Evening Post, 20 May 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18730520.2.12), 1873-05-20, Evening Post - [CHRISTCHURCH COMMERCIAL. (By Telegraph.) Christchurch, May 19. (North Otago Times, 20 May 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18760520.2.4.4), 1876-05-20, North Otago Times - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 May 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18760520.2.9.1), 1876-05-20, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 May 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780520.2.20.2), 1878-05-20, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 May 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780520.2.21.2), 1878-05-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790520.2.16.1), 1879-05-20, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 May 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800520.2.2.6), 1880-05-20, Star - [EDUCATION BOARD REPORT. (Otago Daily Times, 20 May 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18810520.2.79), 1881-05-20, Otago Daily Times - [WRECK AND TOTAL LOSS OF THE S. S. TARARUA ON THE OTARA REEF. (Otago Daily Times, 20 May 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18810520.2.96), 1881-05-20, Otago Daily Times - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 20 May 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18810520.2.13.1), 1881-05-20, New Zealand Tablet - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 May 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840520.2.21.1), 1884-05-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (North Otago Times, 20 May 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18850520.2.8.3), 1885-05-20, North Otago Times - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 May 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850520.2.13.1), 1885-05-20, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 May 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850520.2.13.5), 1885-05-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 May 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850520.2.26.1), 1885-05-20, Star - [Kaiapoi Borough Council. (Star, 20 May 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850520.2.27), 1885-05-20, Star - [PASSING NOTES. (Otago Witness, 20 May 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18870520.2.67), 1887-05-20, Otago Witness - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 20 May 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890520.2.49), 1889-05-20, Star - [LOCAL AND GENERAL (Ashburton Guardian, 20 May 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18900520.2.4), 1890-05-20, Ashburton Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 May 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920520.2.3.3), 1892-05-20, Star - [Football. (Star, 20 May 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920520.2.33), 1892-05-20, Star - [Richmond Amateur Swimming Club. (Star, 20 May 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930520.2.58), 1893-05-20, Star - [Untitled (Star, 20 May 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960520.2.21), 1896-05-20, Star - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 20 May 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960520.2.28), 1896-05-20, Star - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 20 May 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960520.2.35), 1896-05-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 May 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960520.2.45.1), 1896-05-20, Star - [LATEST TELEGRAMS. (Evening Post, 20 May 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18970520.2.55), 1897-05-20, Evening Post - [ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. (Marlborough Express, 20 May 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18970520.2.19), 1897-05-20, Marlborough Express - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 May 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970520.2.43.1), 1897-05-20, Star - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 20 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980520.2.37), 1898-05-20, Star - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 20 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980520.2.68), 1898-05-20, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 8 (Wanganui Herald, 20 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18980520.2.37.8), 1898-05-20, Wanganui Herald - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990520.2.19.4), 1899-05-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990520.2.4.1), 1899-05-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990520.2.62.5), 1899-05-20, Star - [LATE COMMERCIAL. (Evening Post, 20 May 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19010520.2.70), 1901-05-20, Evening Post - [CHRISTCHURCH MATCHES. (Wanganui Chronicle, 20 May 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19010520.2.33.1), 1901-05-20, Wanganui Chronicle - [BIRTH. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 May 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19020520.2.6), 1902-05-20, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. (Evening Post, 20 May 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19020520.2.18), 1902-05-20, Evening Post - [New Zealand Telegrams. (Taranaki Herald, 20 May 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19020520.2.25.2), 1902-05-20, Taranaki Herald - [SOME CENTURY-MAKERS OF THE SEASON. (Otago Witness, 20 May 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19030520.2.126.3), 1903-05-20, Otago Witness - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Witness, 20 May 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19030520.2.15.2), 1903-05-20, Otago Witness - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 May 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030520.2.50.3), 1903-05-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 May 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040520.2.43.1), 1904-05-20, Star - [SHEEP DOG TRIALS. (Star, 20 May 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050520.2.73), 1905-05-20, Star - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 May 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050520.2.76.2), 1905-05-20, Star - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 May 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050520.2.83.1), 1905-05-20, Star - [AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 20 May 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19050520.2.35), 1905-05-20, Wanganui Chronicle - [CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, May 15. (Otago Witness, 20 May 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19080520.2.76.16), 1908-05-20, Otago Witness - [Making the most of the autumn season on the River Avon, Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/139092), 1908-05-20, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 May 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090520.2.57.1), 1909-05-20, Star - [A Popular Southern Seaside Resort](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/198976), 1909-05-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 May 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19100520.2.22.2), 1910-05-20, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [OUR CHIEF CITIES. (Colonist, 20 May 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19100520.2.33), 1910-05-20, Colonist - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 May 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19110520.2.17), 1911-05-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [THE SOCIAL SPHERE (Observer, 20 May 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19110520.2.13), 1911-05-20, Observer - [THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 May 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19130520.2.23.1), 1913-05-20, Ashburton Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Marlborough Express, 20 May 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19130520.2.2.5), 1913-05-20, Marlborough Express - [CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITALITY. (Colonist, 20 May 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19130520.2.16.3), 1913-05-20, Colonist - [NURSES FOR THE FRONT (Evening Post, 20 May 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150520.2.103), 1915-05-20, Evening Post - [THE 26th LIST (Evening Post, 20 May 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150520.2.13), 1915-05-20, Evening Post - [TROTTING AT NEW BRIGHTON (Evening Post, 20 May 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19160520.2.66.2), 1916-05-20, Evening Post - [MARRIAGE. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 May 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19160520.2.13), 1916-05-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [LODGE MEETINGS (Evening Post, 20 May 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19180520.2.24), 1918-05-20, Evening Post - [Mr P. Selig, Christchurch Press](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/228130), 1920-05-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 20 May 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19220520.2.46.3), 1922-05-20, NZ Truth - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 20 May 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19220520.2.46.6), 1922-05-20, NZ Truth - [CHRISTCHURCH COMPETITIONS (Evening Post, 20 May 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240520.2.126), 1924-05-20, Evening Post - [CHRISTCHURCH COMPETITIONS (Evening Post, 20 May 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250520.2.134), 1925-05-20, Evening Post - [CANTERBURY OLD BOYS IN FORM (NZ Truth, 20 May 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19260520.2.69), 1926-05-20, NZ Truth - [In The Vicinity of White's Bridge, on the Main North Road From Christchurch Last Thursday](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/249513), 1926-05-20, Auckland Weekly News - [SMALL BURGLARIES (Evening Post, 20 May 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270520.2.133), 1927-05-20, Evening Post - [RESULTS ELSEWHERE (Evening Post, 20 May 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19290520.2.152.9), 1929-05-20, Evening Post - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19300520.2.15.4), 1930-05-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [DISTRICT NEWS (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19300520.2.16), 1930-05-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19300520.2.2.3), 1930-05-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [SPRINGSTON SOUTH (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19300520.2.36), 1930-05-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Jubilee of a leading South Island secondary school: Christchurch Boy's High School celebrates its fiftieth anniversary](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/262773), 1931-05-20, Auckland Weekly News - [LACK OF STATUS (Evening Post, 20 May 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320520.2.89.3), 1932-05-20, Evening Post - [A LARGE BOILER (Evening Post, 20 May 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330520.2.109), 1933-05-20, Evening Post - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 20 May 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330520.2.9.8), 1933-05-20, Evening Post - [New Zealand's famous garden factory](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/270751), 1936-05-20, Auckland Weekly News - [A swan's promenade](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/270895), 1936-05-20, Auckland Weekly News - [When autumn comes to Christchurch: some attractive seasonal views which illustrate the typical beauty of the Canterbury capital in the last days before winter](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/270904), 1936-05-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Christchurch Public Library](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/publiclibrary/ccl-cs-44419), 1937-05-20, Canterbury Stories - [RAGWORT (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19380520.2.11), 1938-05-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 20 May 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390520.2.10.8), 1939-05-20, Evening Post - [OBITUARY (Evening Post, 20 May 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390520.2.136), 1939-05-20, Evening Post - [ADDINGTON HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 20 May 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390520.2.177.8), 1939-05-20, Evening Post - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 May 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400520.2.129.2), 1940-05-20, Evening Post - [Lincoln (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19410520.2.18.1), 1941-05-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [PERSONAL MOTES (Evening Post, 20 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410520.2.100), 1941-05-20, Evening Post - [Steel helmets for Christchurch E.P.S. wardens](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/290425), 1942-05-20, Auckland Weekly News - [FULL-TIME OFFICER (Evening Post, 20 May 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430520.2.25), 1943-05-20, Evening Post - [NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 20 May 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440520.2.29), 1944-05-20, Evening Post - [Ship in Lyttelton](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/negatives/1981/ccl-cs-86406), 1981-05-20, Canterbury Stories - [Ship in dry dock](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/negatives/1981/ccl-cs-86407), 1981-05-20, Canterbury Stories - [Pteridium esculentum subsp. esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1832410), 1989-05-20, Plants - [Pillar capitals at Canterbury Museum](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/adrienne-rewi-collection/christchurch/ccl-cs-110456), 2008-05-20, Canterbury Stories - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2010-ds3805), 2010-05-20, New Zealand Gazette - [Oxford Street](http://www.flickr.com/photos/29328098@N06/5752367929/in/pool-eqnzchc2010/), 2011-05-20, no. 5752367929, Flickr - [Oxford Street](http://www.flickr.com/photos/29328098@N06/5752373281/in/pool-eqnzchc2010/), 2011-05-20, no. 5752373281, Flickr - [Former, British Hotel](http://www.flickr.com/photos/29328098@N06/5752377089/in/pool-eqnzchc2010/), 2011-05-20, no. 5752377089, Flickr - [Cnr Norwich Quay and Oxford St](http://www.flickr.com/photos/29328098@N06/5752926586/in/pool-eqnzchc2010/), 2011-05-20, no. 5752926586, Flickr - [Oxford Street](https://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/5752367929), 2011-05-20, no. 5752367929, Christchurch City Libraries Flickr - [Oxford Street](https://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/5752373281), 2011-05-20, no. 5752373281, Christchurch City Libraries Flickr - [Former, British Hotel](https://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/5752377089), 2011-05-20, no. 5752377089, Christchurch City Libraries Flickr - [Cnr Norwich Quay and Oxford St](https://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/5752926586), 2011-05-20, no. 5752926586, Christchurch City Libraries Flickr - [Damaged Isaac Theatre Royal](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/ginahubert/gina-hubert-earthquake-collection/ccl-cs-24186), 2012-05-20, Canterbury Stories - [Government Buildings](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/ginahubert/gina-hubert-earthquake-collection/ccl-cs-24190), 2012-05-20, Gina Hubert earthquake collection - [Umut Akguzel Photograph 577](https://quakestudies.canterbury.ac.nz/store/object/221686), 2012-05-20, QuakeStudies Repository - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2021-ds1855), 2021-05-20, New Zealand Gazette ## Filed on this date Newest first, dates somebody filed, not dates anything happened. - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8283889), 428 Gloucester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 20 May 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8283888), 86 Peverel St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 20 May 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8283834), 21 Hammond Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 20 May 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8283590), 14 Hillview Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 20 May 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8283580), 35 Maxwell St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 20 May 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8283543), 154 River Road, Canterbury Region 8013, New Zealand · 20 May 2026 [← previous day](https://www.chch.live/day/05-19) · [every day](https://www.chch.live/day) · [next day →](https://www.chch.live/day/05-21) --- Data: https://api.chch.live/day?md=05-20 · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/day/05-20 · GeoNet’s catalogue holds 4 magnitude-3+ quakes recorded on this date, https://www.chch.live/sequence